Vintage Photography in Upcoming MEARS Auction

The following lots will be featured in the August 25th – September 1st, 2012 MEARS Online Auction, www.mearsonlineauctions.com . We are currently accepting consignments for our September auction, and are aggressively seeking football / baseball memorabilia, game worn...

Turn of the Century Football Cartes De Visite

1899-1900 circa Anonymous Football Player CDV Collection (Lot of 6) Flagg & Plummer &Howard Studios (SGC Graded)   This collection will be available for sale in the August 25th-September 1st, 2012 MEARS OnlineAuction, www.mearsonlineauctions.com . Consignments...

Cincinnati Reds Satin Jerseys

I recently came across and purchased a wire-photo of Bucky Walters dated to July 1948. Theuniform that Walters is wearing is clearly not the conventional road gray flannel jersey providedto the Cincinnati Reds by MacGregor-Goldsmith. To date, the Cincinnati Reds have...

Patching It All Together

I have always been intrigued in the wearing of memoriam (Latin for “in memory of”) arm bands and similar accoutrements on baseball uniforms. From what I have been able to gather, the notion of an armband on a uniform has its early ties to military men who...

Evaluating Chamberlain

Recently I was asked to evaluate a Los Angeles Lakers purple road jersey purported to have been worn by Wilt Chamberlain. If authentic, the value is certainly north of the $65,000+ range, but with any problems present, the jersey is basically worthless. Unlike...